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- Scottrade Review: One Of The Top Rated Online Stock Brokers
- Opening Bell Market Monitor: MAT, TWX, WHR
- Kinetic Tops EPS, Revs Matches
- AIG Offloads Star & Edison Units
- Stock Market News Briefs: Celanese, C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Cummins, Corinthian Colleges, Energizer Holdings, ICU Medical, Lear, McGraw-Hill Companies, Silicon Motion Technology, MEMC Electronic Materials
- Time Warner Beats, Enhances Return
- Setback For Orexigen
- Mattel Beats With Strong Sales
- U.S. Stocks Post Modest Losses After The Open; Dow Jones Sheds 0.04%
- Massey Slumps Third Time In A Row
- Cairo Unrest Spurs Demand For Safety
- Swiss Franc: Capped By A Negative Trend Line
- Japanese Yen: Under Pressure
- British Pound: The Downside Prevails
- Euro: Under Pressure
- Euro Revival Continues
- Forex – USD/CAD Extends Losses As Crude Oil Prices Weigh
- Germany’s Lack Of Enthusiasm For Reform Spoils Risk-party
- MarkWest Completes EQT Asset Buy
- WESCO Stays On The Growth Path
- It’s About Time That Filinvest Land (FLI)es!
- The Amazing Gains In Worker Productivity = Record Output In Q4 2010 With 7 Million Fewer Workers
- Forex – EUR/JPY Erases Gains Amid Concerns Over ESFS
- Cyclone Gets Ready To Touch Down In Australia, What Will Be The Impact On Aussie?
- Boston Scientific Beats
- El Paso’s Attack On Street Vendors
- U.S. ADP Non-farm Payrolls Rise More-than-expected In January
- BXP Completes Bay Colony Acquisition
- Euro’s Rally Pauses, GBP Extends Gains On Rate Hike Expectations
- FX Headlines: Euro-Zone Producer Prices Rose 5.3% In December; S&P Cuts Ireland’s Credit Rating
- Forex – Dollar Mixed Vs. Rivals As ADP Payrolls Eyed
- Forex – GBP/USD Hits 3-month High On BOE Rate Hike View
- Is Egypt The Threshold Of A New World?
- Central Bank Of Iceland Cuts Rate 25bps To 4.25%
- Forex – EUR/USD Hits Daily Low After Remarks On EFSF Decision
- Forex – USD/CHF Eases Off 1-month Low On Global Recovery Optimism
- Morning News Notes: 2.1.11
| Scottrade Review: One Of The Top Rated Online Stock Brokers Posted: 02 Feb 2011 07:35 AM PST When looking for an online broker, it’s important for you to find one that not only provides competitive pricing on your trades, but also one that suits your needs the most. Finding a good online broker can be a chore, as you need to compare the pros and cons of the broker before you open an account. Here, I’ll take an in-depth look at Scottrade, one of the more popular online discount brokers in the U.S. One of the most established online discount brokers in the U.S. is Scottrade. With this … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Credit Cards and Best CD Rates
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| Opening Bell Market Monitor: MAT, TWX, WHR Posted: 02 Feb 2011 07:12 AM PST 02/02/11 The latest in news, commentary, and information on what’s moving the US equities … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Credit Cards and Best CD Rates
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| Kinetic Tops EPS, Revs Matches Posted: 02 Feb 2011 07:05 AM PST Kinetic Concepts (NYSE:KCI) reported an EPS of $1.03 for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2010 compared to 93 cents in the year-ago quarter. However, adjusted EPS was $1.17, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.15 and the year-ago quarter's earnings of $1.10. For fiscal 2010, adjusted EPS came in at $4.29, a penny above the Zacks Consensus Estimate and higher than the previous year's $3.99.
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| AIG Offloads Star & Edison Units Posted: 02 Feb 2011 06:55 AM PST After the successful completion on the recapitalization front last month, yesterday American International Group Inc. (NYSE:AIG) announced the sale of its Japan-based AIG Star Life Insurance Co. (Star) and AIG Edison Life Insurance Co. (Edison) to Prudential Financial Inc. (NYSE:PRU) for the agreed price of $4.8 billion.
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| Posted: 02 Feb 2011 06:55 AM PST Corinthian Colleges (NASDAQ:COCO) reported Q2 EPS of $0.23, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate by a penny. Revenues for the quarter rose 16.5% year-over-year to $482.8 million, well ahead of the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $463 million Cummins (NYSE:CMI) reported Q4 EPS of $1.84, above the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.41 per share. Revenues rose 22% year-over-year to $4.14 billion, ahead of the Zacks Consensus Estimates of $3.585 billion Celanese Corp. (NYSE:CE) reported Q4 EPS … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Credit Cards and Best CD Rates
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| Time Warner Beats, Enhances Return Posted: 02 Feb 2011 06:55 AM PST Time Warner Inc. (NYSE:TWX), the diversified media conglomerate, posted better-than-expected fourth-quarter 2010 results on the heels of an increase in advertising and subscription revenues. The company also hiked its quarterly dividend and boosted its share repurchase program.
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| Posted: 02 Feb 2011 06:55 AM PST Orexigen Therapeutics Inc. (OREX) was dealt a severe blow by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) when the regulatory body declined to approve its obesity drug, Contrave in the present form and issued a complete response letter (CRL). Contrave, which aimed at addressing the physiological and behavioral causes of obesity, has been co-developed with Japan's Takeda.
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| Mattel Beats With Strong Sales Posted: 02 Feb 2011 06:55 AM PST Mattel Inc. (NYSE:MAT) reported fourth quarter 2010 earnings of 89 cents per share, which surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 86 cents and was in line with the prior-year quarter earnings. The better-than-expected results were primarily driven by strong sales from its core brands such as Barbie and Fisher-Price, partly offset by declines in Hot Wheels sales as well as cost escalation.
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| U.S. Stocks Post Modest Losses After The Open; Dow Jones Sheds 0.04% Posted: 02 Feb 2011 06:55 AM PST Forex Pros – U.S. stocks posted modest losses after the open on Wednesday, a day after closing at the highest level in 28 months, as a string of downbeat corporate earnings results overshadowed better-than-expected U.S. employment data. During early U.S. trade, the Dow Jones Industrial Average shed 0.04%, the S&P 500 index slumped 0.15%, while the Nasdaq Composite index dipped 0.10%. Earlier in the day, payroll processing firm ADP said non-farm private employment rose by a seasonally … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Credit Cards and Best CD Rates
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| Massey Slumps Third Time In A Row Posted: 02 Feb 2011 06:35 AM PST Coal miner, Massey Energy Company (NYSE:MEE) has reported an adjusted loss for the third consecutive quarter. The company's fourth quarter witnessed a loss of 69 cents per share, significantly higher than the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a loss of 34 cents. The disappointing quarter results stemmed mainly from the continued production disruptions and shortfalls.
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| Cairo Unrest Spurs Demand For Safety Posted: 02 Feb 2011 06:35 AM PST Despite a strong reading from the ADP employment report on Wednesday there are a couple of dampeners to cause a bid to fixed income prices. Earlier enthusiasm for a lasting solution to the Eurozone sovereign debt crisis took a ding following comments from a German official while a reminder of the lingering crisis came in the form of an Irish downgrade. The one-sided Egyptian political crisis took a peculiar turn in light of President Mubarak’s announcement that he wouldn’t seek reelection in … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Credit Cards and Best CD Rates
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| Swiss Franc: Capped By A Negative Trend Line Posted: 02 Feb 2011 06:19 AM PST Update on supports and resistances. … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Credit Cards and Best CD Rates
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| Posted: 02 Feb 2011 06:18 AM PST Update on supports and resistances. … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Credit Cards and Best CD Rates
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| British Pound: The Downside Prevails Posted: 02 Feb 2011 06:18 AM PST Update on supports and resistances. … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Credit Cards and Best CD Rates
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| Posted: 02 Feb 2011 06:18 AM PST Update on supports and resistances. … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Credit Cards and Best CD Rates
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| Posted: 02 Feb 2011 06:18 AM PST Today’s Idea
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| Forex – USD/CAD Extends Losses As Crude Oil Prices Weigh Posted: 02 Feb 2011 06:18 AM PST Forex Pros – The U.S. dollar extended losses against its Canadian counterpart on Wednesday, falling to a two-week low as the price of crude oil, Canada's largest export, advanced. USD/CAD hit 0.9869 during European afternoon trade, the pair's lowest since December 7; the pair subsequently consolidated at 0.9879, shedding 0.26%. The pair was likely to find support at 0.9837, the low of January 18 and a 33-month low and resistance at 0.9915, the days high. Earlier in the day, crude oil … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Credit Cards and Best CD Rates
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| Germany’s Lack Of Enthusiasm For Reform Spoils Risk-party Posted: 02 Feb 2011 06:10 AM PST The dollar continued to weaken on Tuesday as investors drove it to its lowest since early November escalating a growing view that the Fed is isolated as the only dovish central bank left in sight. While it remains unprepared to move monetary policy to a higher plain, which is what it openly claims on account of slow employment growth, risk-takers continue to use it to fund opportunities offshore as equity markets reach cycle highs. Upstaging a rally in the euro midweek was a comment allegedly … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Credit Cards and Best CD Rates
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| MarkWest Completes EQT Asset Buy Posted: 02 Feb 2011 06:05 AM PST Pipeline operator MarkWest Energy Partners L.P. (MWE) has closed its previously announced purchase of assets – a Kentucky-based natural gas processing complex and an associated natural gas liquids ("NGL") pipeline – from integrated energy firm EQT Corp. (EQT).
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| WESCO Stays On The Growth Path Posted: 02 Feb 2011 06:05 AM PST WESCO International (NYSE:WCC) recently announced fourth quarter earnings that exceeded the Zacks consensus estimate by 7 cents, or 10.8%.
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| It’s About Time That Filinvest Land (FLI)es! Posted: 02 Feb 2011 06:04 AM PST Filinvest Land, Inc. or FLI in the Philippine Stock Exchange did not get the award for the most outstanding stock in 2010. Despite this, it was still able to book some descent amount of gains. In fact, it rose by 45.56% when it opened at PHP 0.90 in January 2010 and closed at PHP 1.31 at the end of the year. Not bad if you ask me. Looking at its chart above, FLI was actually trading sideways during the first half 7 months of the year before it swung higher to break out from a cup and handle … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Credit Cards and Best CD Rates
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| The Amazing Gains In Worker Productivity = Record Output In Q4 2010 With 7 Million Fewer Workers Posted: 02 Feb 2011 05:56 AM PST I reported last week that real GDP finally increased above its pre-recession level in the fourth quarter of 2010, and the $13.38 trillion of real GDP (2005 dollars) was the highest-ever quarterly output in U.S. history, slightly higher than the previous record of $13.36 trillion in the fourth quarter of 2007 (see top chart above). But here’s what’s really amazing and is illustrated in the bottom chart: The U.S. produced slightly more output in Q4 2010 (by 0.14%) than in Q4 2007 when the … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Credit Cards and Best CD Rates
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| Forex – EUR/JPY Erases Gains Amid Concerns Over ESFS Posted: 02 Feb 2011 05:56 AM PST Forex Pros – The euro erased gains against the yen on Wednesday, slipping to a daily low, after a German government official said that Berlin remained opposed to the European Financial Stability Facility buying bonds from euro zone countries. EUR/JPY retreated from 112.92 the pair's highest since January 28, to hit 112.42 during European afternoon trade, shedding 0.07%. The pair was likely to find support at 111.86, Tuesday's low and resistance at 112.92, the days high. German Deputy … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Credit Cards and Best CD Rates
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| Cyclone Gets Ready To Touch Down In Australia, What Will Be The Impact On Aussie? Posted: 02 Feb 2011 05:52 AM PST Australian cyclone pushes copper prices to new highJust after Queensland, Australia had gotten over the worst flooding in a century, the people there are bracing for a huge category 5 hurricane/cyclone – being compared to the US' Hurricane Katrina. Winds are gusting up to 300 km/h, and there is warning of life and property damages.
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| Posted: 02 Feb 2011 05:35 AM PST Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE:BSX) reported an EPS of 15 cents during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2010 compared to a loss of 71 cents per share in the year-ago period. However, after considering some adjustments, the EPS was 20 cents, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 10 cents although remained unchanged from the year-ago quarter. For fiscal 2010, the adjusted EPS came in at 69 cents compared to 78 cents in the previous year.
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| El Paso’s Attack On Street Vendors Posted: 02 Feb 2011 05:29 AM PST From the Institute of Justice: “Should the city of El Paso, Texas, be allowed to turn itself into a No-Vending Zone in order to protect brick-and-mortar restaurants from competition? That’s the question to be answered by a major federal lawsuit filed January 26, 2011 by the Institute for Justice and four El Paso mobile food vendors. The lawsuit launches a National Street Vending Initiative, a nationwide litigation and activism effort to vindicate the right of street vendors to earn an … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Credit Cards and Best CD Rates
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| U.S. ADP Non-farm Payrolls Rise More-than-expected In January Posted: 02 Feb 2011 05:28 AM PST Forex Pros – U.S. non-farm private employment rose more-than-expected in January, industry data showed on Wednesday. In a report, payroll processing firm ADP said non-farm private employment rose by a seasonally adjusted 187K in January, after rising by 247K in December, whose figure was revised down from 297K. Analysts had expected non-farm private sector employment to increase by 150K in January. The report said employment in the service-providing sector rose by 166K in January, marking … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Credit Cards and Best CD Rates
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| BXP Completes Bay Colony Acquisition Posted: 02 Feb 2011 05:25 AM PST Boston Properties Inc. (NYSE:BXP), a real estate investment trust (REIT), has recently completed the acquisition of Bay Colony Corporate Center, an office park in Waltham, Massachusetts, for $185 million. The purchase price included approximately $41.1 million in cash and the assumption of $143.9 million in a senior mortgage loan that bears interest at a fixed rate of 6.53% per annum and matures in June 2012.
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| Euro’s Rally Pauses, GBP Extends Gains On Rate Hike Expectations Posted: 02 Feb 2011 05:12 AM PST EUR Hits Highest Since November 9th, But Retreats
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| FX Headlines: Euro-Zone Producer Prices Rose 5.3% In December; S&P Cuts Ireland’s Credit Rating Posted: 02 Feb 2011 05:00 AM PST
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| Forex – Dollar Mixed Vs. Rivals As ADP Payrolls Eyed Posted: 02 Feb 2011 04:50 AM PST Forex Pros – The U.S. dollar was mixed against its major rivals on Wednesday, as markets looked towards the release of U.S. private sector employment data. During European early afternoon trade, the greenback was slightly higher against the euro, with EUR/USD sliding 0.16% to hit 1.3807. Earlier in the day, French government spokesman Francois Baroin said there was no plan to bring forward any decision on expanding the euro zone bailout fund and leaders would take the decision in March, as … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Credit Cards and Best CD Rates
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| Forex – GBP/USD Hits 3-month High On BOE Rate Hike View Posted: 02 Feb 2011 04:39 AM PST Forex Pros – The pound extended gains against the U.S. dollar on Wednesday, climbing to a fresh three-month high as upbeat data and hawkish central bank comments supported the view that U.K. interest rates will rise in the coming months. GBP/USD hit 1.6230 during European early afternoon trade, the pair's highest since November 5, the pair subsequently consolidated at 1.6191, gaining 0.28%. Cable was likely to find support at 1.6009, Tuesday's low and resistance at 1.6293, the high of … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Credit Cards and Best CD Rates
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| Is Egypt The Threshold Of A New World? Posted: 02 Feb 2011 04:33 AM PST Is the ongoing political firestorm in Egypt an individual event or part of a larger movement? Can the Egyptian turmoil be contained or might it spread to other nations in the Middle East? Are we witnessing the civil unrest of a disenfranchised populace or something truly much larger than that?
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| Central Bank Of Iceland Cuts Rate 25bps To 4.25% Posted: 02 Feb 2011 04:18 AM PST The Central Bank of Iceland, or Sedlabanki, cut its main 7-day collateral lending rate by 25 basis points to 4.25% from 4.50%. The Bank also cut its other rates by 25 basis points: the deposit rate to 3.25% from 3.50% the maximum bid rate for 28-day certificates of deposit to 4.00% from 4.25%, and its overnight lending rate to 5.25% from 5.50%. Iceland recorded inflation of 1.8% in January 2011 which the Bank noted as “significantly below the inflation target of 2.5 … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Credit Cards and Best CD Rates
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| Forex – EUR/USD Hits Daily Low After Remarks On EFSF Decision Posted: 02 Feb 2011 04:15 AM PST Forex Pros – The euro erased gains against the U.S. dollar on Wednesday, slipping to a daily low after a French government spokesman said that European leaders will take a decision on beefing up the European Financial Stability Facility in March. EUR/USD retreated from 1.3862, the pair's highest since November 9, to hit 1.3795 during European early afternoon trade, shedding 0.24%. The pair was likely to find support at 1.3689, Tuesday's low and resistance at 1.3973, the high of November … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Credit Cards and Best CD Rates
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| Forex – USD/CHF Eases Off 1-month Low On Global Recovery Optimism Posted: 02 Feb 2011 03:30 AM PST Forex Pros – The U.S. dollar eased off a one-month low against the Swiss franc on Wednesday, as strong data pointing to sustained global economic recovery and easing concerns about Egypt dented demand for the safe haven franc. USD/CHF clawed back up from 0.9329, the pair's lowest since January 3, to hit 0.9373 during European morning trade, gaining 0.22%. The pair was likely to find support at 0.9299, the low of December 31 and the all-time low and resistance at 0.9455, Tuesday's … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Credit Cards and Best CD Rates
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| Posted: 01 Feb 2011 07:37 AM PST The morning news notes as prepared by TL…Jordan, Egypt, Chicago PMI and housing. “Morning News Notes: February 1, 2011″ click … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Credit Cards and Best CD Rates
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